Title

Baking Disaster

Problem Scenario

I chose this project because I always really liked cooking and I found this project interesting.
Broad Question
Can baking soda substitute for baking powder in a recipe

Specific Question

will baking soda substitute for baking powder

Hypothesis

I predict the baking soda will substitute for baking powder

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable:

Height of rise

Dependent Variable:

Baking soda

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:

Same recipe, Heat of oven

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

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General Plan

I'm going to do my project by baking muffins. I'm trying to find if baking soda will substitute for baking powder in a recipe by measuring the height of the muffin.

Potential Problems and Solutions: Some muffins wont rise but ill have plenty of back ups

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

The oven might be hot I could burn myself

Experimental Design

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What is your experimental unit? The batch

Number Of Trials: 1 batch of 12 muffins for baking soda and 1 batch of 12 muffins for baking powder

Number Of Subjects In Each trial: 2 batches of muffins

Number of Observations:24 observations

When data will be collected: February 4, 2013

Where will data be collected?: At my house

Resources and Budget Table

Item	Number needed	Where I will get this	Cost
Baking powder	8.1 0z	Hanaford	$3.57
Baking soda	16 0z	Hanaford	$ 3.57
flour	2 cups	Have it
salt	1/2 tea spoons	Have it
sugar	1/2 cups	Have it
whole milk	1 cup	Have it
Vanilla extract	1 tea spoon	Have it
large egg	1 or 2 medium	Have it
butter	1 oz	Have it

Detailed Procedure

1. Get Materials ready to bake
2. Start oven
3. When the oven is ready, put the pan of mix both mix baking powder and baking soda
4. Put the pan in to the oven and start baking.
5. When baking is done take them out and measure.
6. record the measurements.
7. EAT THE MUFFINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diagram

Photo List

Baking powder muffins, baking soda muffins, The diffrence between the hieght of the muffins.

Time Line

procedure, timeline photo list complete 2/1. begin experiments no later 2/4. experiments done 3/1. Analysis 3/7. Discussion/ Background 3/15. wiki complete 3/15.Posters complete 3/22. KMS fair 3/29

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Data Table

Muffin substance	Muffin #1 Height	Muffin #2 Height	Muffin #3 Height
Baking Soda	1.5 inches	1.3 inches	1.2 inches
Baking Powder	2 inches	1.7 inches	1.5 inches

BS:Baking soda

BP:Baking powder

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Data Analysis

All Raw Data

the largest baking soda muffin was 1.5 inches tall and the largest baking soda muffin was 2 inches tall.

Graphs

Photos:

My ingredients

The batter of baking powder

the batter of baking soda

measurement of a baking powder muffin

measurement of one of the baking soda muffins

muffin batter with baking soda and powder

Results

The results for my experiment were that the batch of baking powder worked excellent and the batch of baking soda did not rise and for that case the recipe with baking soda did not work. some of my qualitative data was that at the end of my whole experiment I ate the muffins and the muffins with baking powder tasted the best.

Conclusion

My hypothesis was I predict the baking soda will substitute for baking powder because of this I have reject my hypothesis because baking soda did not substitute for baking powder in my recipe. My data shows that all baking powder muffins were larger/taller than all baking soda muffins in my recipe. like muffin #1, #2, #3 for baking soda and baking powder's height was

Muffin substance	Muffin #1 Height	Muffin #2 Height	Muffin #3 Height
Baking Soda	1.5 inches	1.3 inches	1.2 inches
Baking Powder	2 inches	1.7 inches	1.5 inches

During my experiment, I baked muffins one batch using baking powder and another batch using baking soda and measuring the height of the muffins. I thought that changing the ingredients/substance would change the height of the recipe. the results for my project was that baking powder won and baking soda did not rise for that case the recipe with baking soda did not work.Discussion

Benefit to Community and/or Science

To show that baking soda does not allow the muffin to rise.

Background Research

References

Abstract:

What I did for my science fair experiment was I baked muffins but not regular muffins each had different substances. One batch had baking soda and the other batch substance was baking powder. What I was wondering was which substance was the best in my recipe, But the hard question was how am I going to measure which one is best because I couldn't measure it by taste because that is opinion so I did height. I chose height because a muffins not a muffin unless it rises. At the end of my experiment I found that baking soda one does not taste good and two does not work in a recipe.